Bank of Japan Gov. Fukui
Invested in Murakami Fund

By

Miyako Takebe

Updated June 14, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

TOKYO -- Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said yesterday that he had invested 10 million yen ($87,489) in a fund run by shareholder activist Yoshiaki Murakami, who was arrested last week on suspicion of insider trading.

Mr. Fukui admitted before an Upper House committee that he invested the money in 1999 in Mr. Murakami's fund before becoming...